The Day, the newspaper of New London, Connecticut, has this interesting account of the testimony given by Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, in the pending lawsuit over her qualifications to be Attorney General. A state law says candidates for Attorney General must have been engaged in the active practice of law for the previous ten years. Bysiewicz is an attorney, and she is running for Attorney General. The lawsuit concerns whether she meets the statutory requirement. Another issue in the case is whether the state law violates the State Constitution, because the statute appears to add to the Constitutional qualifications.

The April 7 issue of the Wilmington, Delaware News Journal has this article about the new state ballot access law for minor parties.

The state of New Jersey is asking the State Supreme Court to settle whether states may make it possible for voters to recall members of Congress. See this story.

The lower court had refused to decide the issue. It had said, since the question is unclear, at a minimum the state should at least let the committee have the petition blanks. New Jersey allows recall and makes no exception for Congress. However, because New Jersey requires a petition of 25% of the registered voters, it is very unlikely that a statewide recall would ever succeed. Over 1,200,000 valid signatures would be needed. The case is Committee to Recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez v Wells. The position of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General is that no recall is permitted, due to the U.S. Constitution.